William sachs



(No Model!) W. SACHS.

ARMHOLE GUSSET.

No. 322,855. Patented July 21, 1885.

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NITED STATES ATENT' OFFICE.

- WILLIAM SACHS, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

ARMHOLE-GUSSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,855, dated July 21,1885.

Application filed July 1, 1882. (No model.) Patented in Belgium November11. 1880, No. 53,001; in France November 20, 1880, No. 139,753; inAustriwHungary January 29,1881,No. 35,063 and No. 2,615; in GermanyFebruary 8, 1881, No. 12,688, and in England March 29, 1881, No. 1,377.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SAcHs, a subject of the King of Prussia,residing at Berlin, in the Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, haveinvented a new and Improved Gusset for the Armholes of Garments, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My improvement consists in a gusset for the armhole of a garmentcomposed of two outer pieces of perforated impermeable water-proofmaterial, and one or more pieces of absorbing material interposedbetween them, all of said pieces having concave upper edges, and beingconnected together along said upper edges, but being otherwiseunconnected together. The impermeable material serves to preserve thefabric of the clothes or other articles from the moisture, while thepermeable material absorbs it and is dried by the penetrating air.

The gussets usually employed consist of an impermeable material, which,instead of counteracting the perspiration, excites the same by shuttingoff the air. The moisture or condensed perspiration is precipitated inliquid state upon the inner surface of the gusset, where it cools theskin in a most disagreeable and unwholesome 'manner. Many a severe coldand disease is occasioned by such impermeable gussets.

The gusset of my invention is shown in the drawings, Figure 1 being aside elevation, Fig. 2 a vertical section, Fig. 3 an end view, and Fig.4 a plan or top view, of the same.

It consists of an inside piece or layer, B, and an outside piece orlayer, A, the former being made of flannel or other suitable absorbingfabric, and the latter being made of impermeable water-proofmaterial-such, for example, as india-rubber, wax-cloth, oil-cloth,leather, or other analogous substance perforated by little holes a.Through the said holes the atmospheric air enters into the armhole andcounteracts the perspiration. At the same time the fluid drops of sweatwhich may occur are absorbed through the holes a and dried away in theflannel B. By this means the coat or dress is effectively preserved frombeing spoiled and the sweat is considerably reduced by airing. The twohalves AB of the gusset may also be arranged in a manner that thepermeable flannel gusset B is put outside, and the waterproof perforatedgusset A inside; or the latter may also be lined on both sides with theflannel or fabric B. The effect is the same. By the airing of thearmhole, effected through the perforations a, but little fluid drops ofperspiration are produced, and the few ones are absorbed by the flannelB and dried away there by the admittance of air. These gussets,therefore, are of considerable sanitary utility. The two or three partsof the socombined gusset are preferably united along their concave edgesbya suitable glue, or sewing, or any other means.

I do not herein lay claim, broadly, to the gusset for the armhole of agarment consisting of one or more pieces of perforated material and-oneor more pieces of absorbent material, all said pieces having concaveupper edges along which they are united together, said pieces ofabsorbent material being also otherwise united to the piece or pieces ofperforated material to which they are adjacent, as I have made such aclaim in another application for Letters Patent numbered 169,457, anddated June 22, 1885.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A gusset for the armhole of a garment composed of two outer pieces ofperforated impermeable water-proof material, and one or more pieces ofabsorbing material interposed between them, all of said pieces havingconcave upper edges, and being connected together along said upperedges, but otherwise unconnected together, substantially as specified. i

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

VILLIAM SACHS.

